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NORTHERN
AND
CENTRAL
BRITISH
COLUMBIA'S
NEWSPAPER
Published
at
Canada's
Most
Strategic
Pacific
Port
"Prince
Rupert,
the
Key
to
the
Great
Northwest."
v
VOL.
XXXVIII,
No.
12.
PRINCE
RUPERT,
B.
C
SATURDAY,
JANUARY
15,
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PRICE
FIVE
CENTS
OS
ways
Kpiress
I
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&
fa
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-On
-
Kates
!
Move
Seen
as
Blow
to
Industry
am
I
r
-..
DREW
HITS
AT
SOCIALISM
CALGARY
Canadians
must
do
"everything
in
their
power
to
ftiauie
that
the
stifling
of
Socialism
does
not
come
to
Canada,"
George
Drew,
national
leader
of
the
Progressive-Conservative
party
said
in
an
ad
On
Both
East
and
West
Coasts
Tariff
Is
Increased
By
Forty
Percent
On
Express
Shipments
OTTAWA
(CP)
The
Canadian
railways
today
FISH
PROBLEMS
Canadian
fishing
industry
problems
and
their
solution
were
discussed
in-Ottawa
this
week
at
a
conference
or
the
Fisheries
Research
Board
of
Canada.
Experts
from
all
over
Canada
attended.
Shown
here
are
several
members
of
the
board,
left
to
right:
Dr.
R.
E.
FvXrstti',
director
of
Uie
Pacific
biulokctl
oLtUuii
at
Naiinimo;
Dr.
A.
G.
IlunUiitau
of
Toronto,
consulting
director
of
the
board;
Dr.
G.'B
Reed
of
Kingston,
board
chairman;
and
Dr.
Neil
Carter,
director
of
the
Vancouver
experimental
station.
(CP
Photo)
j
served
notice
that
they
are
increasing
express
rates
HEALTH
INSURANCE
IS
GIVEN
HIGH
PLACE
IN
TRUMAN
POLICY
THE
WEATHER
Synopsis
Cloudy
skies
over
the
interior
of
British
Columbia
are
expected
to
clear
during
the
day.
Snow
which
was
still
falling
over
the
southeastern
corner
of
the
prov
on
fish
by
amounts
ranging
up
to
40
percent.
1
he
higher
toils
have
been
filed
with
the
Board
of
Transport
commissioners
and
will
"affect
several
million
pounds
annually
of
fresh
and
frozen
fish
moving
from
points
on
the
west
and
dress
here
last
night.
Shaking
to
1,500
at
,n
public
meeting,
lie
made
a
spirited
appeal
for
support
of
his
party
and
urged
his
listeners
to
take
"vigorous
political
action"
to
QN'
RAMPAGE
Swollen
by
Inc
combination
of
three
vy
rain
and
melting
snow
and
ice,
the
Passlac
river
ml
wild
through
the
falls
at
Little
Falls,
N.J.
Rivers
upstate
New
York,
New
Jersey
and
New
England
;their
banks,
isolating
hundreds
of
communities
and
Jlions
of
dollars
of
property
damage.
By
GEORGE
RONALD
Canadian
Press
Staff
Writer
WASHINGTON
High
on
Presi
east
coasts.
ince
at
daybreak
this
morning
is
LABOR
PAPER
GOES
WEEKLY
will
be
u
blow
The
increase
expected
to
end
by
noon.
Clear
dent
Truman's
long
list
of
social
security
proposals
which
at
Prince
Rupert
fishermen,
skies
over
the
southern
coastal
safguard
their
economic
and
democratic
freedom."
Mr.
Drew
stopped
here
after
a
visit
to
Vancouver
earlier
this
week.
regions
are
expected
to
give
way
have
brought
cries
of
"state
socialism"
from
the
opposition
CLACK
BAY,
N.S.Thc
Glace
whose
products
are
moved
al-Bay
Gazette
lias
changed
from
a
mosi
exclusively
to
central
and
daily
to
weekly
paper,
because
eim,
markets
by
rail.
IRMEN
AND
GERMANS
HAIL
1
ROLE
IN
BERLIN
AIRLIFT
to
increased
cloudiness
tomor
.
m
"Of
row
as
a
flow
of
relatively
warm
is
a
national
health
insurance
plan.
and
moist
Pacific
air
establishes
itself
over
the
district.
I
Dealers
here
feel
that
it
probably
will
result
in
a
reduction
in
'.the
consumption
of
their
The
opposition,
it
is
believed,
of
the
increasing
costs
of
production.
The
Gazette
was
Canada's
only
dally
Labor
paper.
Growing
financial
troubles,
and
need
ol
new
equipment
made
the
daily
Held
prohibitive.
Nine-Month
Surplus
will
be
led
by
the
American
Medical
Association,
though
products,
since
the
boost
will
Forecast
Queen
Cahrlottes
and
North
have
to
be
carried
through
to
Coast
Overcast
today
and
Sun
Canada
Has
Food
To
Give
Britain
OTTAWA
-
British
officialdom
still
seems
obsessed
with
the
Idea
many
individual
doctors
are
expected
to
support
the-
Tru
consumers.
'J-.ls
flying
the
sup-in
.IJerlln
are
asking
V
their
part
in
the
jift
in
history
should
(C
widely
recognized,
(j
I
to
date
is
a
proud
n
noon
of
June
28,
"i
food
-carrying
DC-hun
Wuiisdoi
f
In
the
day.
Fog
patches
forming
over
man
administration.
The
increase
will
mainly
affect
the
summer
fresh
fish
shipments
night
and
persisting
through
Sunday.
Occasional
ligh
tdrlzzle
Shortly
atfer
Truman's
stat-
ChurchiJls
Pay
Windsors
Visit
from
tills
port,
since
they
arc
of-the-union
speech,
January
5,
Set
$600
Million
I
OTTAWA
-Canada's
budgetary
surplus
for
the
first
nine
months
of
the
current
fiscal
year
was
set
at
$0()!,94'J,(i!)8
by
the
Federal
Department
of
Finance
last
night.
Revenues
for
(he
period
from
last
April
1
to
December
31
amounted
to
$1,-950.208,47!)
and
expenditures
were
eany
Sunday.
Winds
light
today
and
southerly
(20)
Sunday.
Little
usually
consigned
via
express,
a
group
of
Democratic
congress
i
while
frozen
fish
usually
goes
change
In
temperature.
Low
to
that
Canada
is
unable
to
provide
the
United
Kingdom
with
as
much
fixjd
as
they
need,
the
Minister
of
Agriculture,
Hon.
J.
O.
Gardiner,
told
a
press
conference
here,
on
Ids
return
from
the
United
Kingdom.
men
set
the
stage
for
a
new
legislative
battle
by
describing
by
fast
freight.
night
and,
high
Sunday
at
Port
CANNKS
-
Winnlnn
Clmrehill
and
Mis.
Churchill
and
their
daughter,
Sarah,
are
spending
three
weeks
on
the
Riviera,
the
gii'f-sls
of
the
Duke
and
Duchess
of
Windsor.
I
Cost
of
a
carload
shipment
to
e,
and
noon
Dec.
1(1.
j
.
.'one
and
Hiitlsh
civil
I
aii
era
ft
flew
32.382
i
iverbig
Hlli7!,lfl()
miles!
iiij
i;i!l.2l!ii
tons
of
sup-
j
the
health
-
scheme
proposals
tkiil
ji-
Mvi
tu.
XtMi
i
Miirm
iff.
td
KIDNAPPED
ENGRAVER
Ernest
W.
Conduit,
former
Toronto
enslaver,
whq
said
he
was
Hardy,
Massett
and
Prince
Rupert,
35
and
42,
Chicago
from
Prince
Rupert
they
will
urge.
"Our
health
is
far
behind
the
progress
of
medical
science,"
I
will
increase
from
about
$1,200
to
ubout
$1,700
under
the
view
I
told
them
that
other
coun
$l,34l,2:i8.780.
I
kept
chained
live
days
in
a
tries
had
let
them
down,
and
that
tariff.
Current
express
rati:
Vancouver
house
by
a
gang
of
Canada
had
not."
the-presldent
said.
"Proper
medical
care
is
so
expencive
that
it
are
4,!
cents
a
pound
and
the
counterfeiters
who
sought
to
TODAY'S
STOCKS
have
hint
make
engravings
for
pounds.
bogus
currency.
Conduit,
CG
I'
Vuii
tr
y
,
!
,Muist"tl
Cu.
Mil.
I
twill-
"That's
pretty
sleep,"
de-
was
shackled
to
a
bed
four
days
!
dared
one
fish
company
opera
t
the
former
German!
':;.mi's
are
only
a
third
;"r:ti--iu
tol
d
hu'..
l,akin:,t
mini.
the
vat
dilference
ices
of
the
two
countries,
iresenl
a
maximum
ef-
('APWITV
SMAI.I.Mt
as
the
British
are
still
large
number
of
twlu-airerall
with
oidy
V2-
iciiv,
the
Americans
arc
licatlie
then
chained
to
a
metal
box
in
the
basement
of
the
house.
(C
P.
Photol
KEEP
CLEAR
OF
DOCTORS
F.xerpl
When
Itrally
III,
Irqrs
Itrilish
Medico
tor
here.
"When
it
is
passed
along
to
the
consumer
it
may
mean
a
reduction
in
the
amount
of
flsli
sold."
This
opinion
was
supported
by
Bevcourt
,
27
Jiob.io
13
Buffalo
Canadian
......
.17
Consul.
Smelters
117.00
t:;
out
Of
tti'c
jeticn
ol
Hie''
great
majority,
of
our
citizen.;.
The
present
coverage
of
the
social
security
laws
is
altogether
inadequate,
and
benefit
payments
are
too
low.
We
need
and
we
must
have
without
further
delaya
system
of
prepaid
medical
insurance
which
will
enable
every
American
to
afford
good
medical
care."
The
congressional
group
Representative
John
D.
DingeU
ot
Michigan
and
Senators
James
Murray
of
Montana.
Robert
F.
Wnyner
'of
Npw
Vnrlc
miH
.T
LOa
ANGLLbS
-
So
long
as
a
S.
M.
Rosembcrg,
vice-president
I
dent
of
the
Canadian
Fishing
I
man
feels
in
good
health,
he
should
not
go
near
a
physician.
That's
what
Dr.
James
F.
Bralls-
Co.
at
Vancouver.
He
suid
last
j
night
that
the
Increase
would'
Vancouver
Bayonne
Bralorne
9.00
B.
It..
Con.
02
li
B.
R.
X
I'ii
Cariboo
Quartz
143
Congress
i
Medley
Mascot
4'J
Pen
dOreille
.
5
r0
Pioneer
.
3.1)0
Premier
Border
.04
Privateer
21
Reeves
McDonald
3.04
Reno
07
,
Sheep
Creek
1
Silbak
Premier
.40
Taku
River
33
Vananda
411
Salmon
Gold
.IS'z
Spud
Valley
00
Oils-
iord,
noted
British
medical
manj
says.
I
mean
a
boost
m
the
price
oi
fish
and
mean
heavy
losses
to
the
British
Columbia
fishing
in
dustry
because
price-conscious
IIoward
Mc0rath
of
Rhole
ly
mr-em;ined
Skyrnasters,
i
wble
of
carrying
10
tons.
;
!i;;t
vf
r.ilts
sent,
Ui
Bril-s
U'Us
plainly
of
the
ap-ii
of
I
he
C
e
r
m
a
n
s
ves
for
"Operation
Plain
s
the
British
part
or
the
is
oflicially
known,
un:
like
an
nnlitie
shop
iy,
the
list
includes
hanil-imber
prayer
beads,
Miu
'
vases,
carved
jade,
Ro-porci-ldin
and
chinaware,
silver,
paintings,
jewel
HEALTH
UHIT
NAMES
OFFICERS
Annual
meeting
of
the
Prince
Rupert
and
District
Union
Board
of
Health
was
held
Friday
in
the
Health
Unit
office.
Members
present
includeed
A.
S.
Nicker-son,
retiring
Chairman;
Aldermen
W.
F.
Stone,
W.
J.
McLean
and
J.
N.
Forman;
and
Mrs.
E.
W.
Becker,
representing
the
Prince
Rupert
School
Board
Officers
elected
were
Alderman
J.
N.
Forman,
Chairman;
Miss
C.
Balagno,
Treasurer;
and
Miss
J.
Leslie,
Senior
Public
Heftlth
Nurse
Secretary,
pending
the
appointment
of
a
full-time
Medical
Director
for
the
Unit.
Treasurer's
Report
showed
a
balance
on
January
1,
1949,
of
$734.'
Expenditures
during
the
year
included
$102.50
for
signs'
for
the
Clinic
building
and
constructing
a
shelter
beside
the
building
for
baby
buggies-,
also
$2.50
for
membership
in
the
Prince
Rupert
Film
Council.
Miss
Leslie
reported
upon
a
meeting
of
Senior
Public
Health
Nurses,
held
recently
in
Victoria
to
acquaint
field
staffs
with
new
developments
in
the
provincial
health
program.
Federal
grants,
over
and
above
normal
provincial
142
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.70
3.30
5.40
.55
.20
.0!)
.11
.29
04
'z
.45
.07
.10
.93
.14
2.G8
.44
Con
west.
.:
Donalda
Kldona
Fast
Sullivan
.;
Giant
Yellowknife
God's
Lake
llardrock
Harricana
.-.
lleva
1
Iosco
Jacknife
Joliel
Quebec
Lake
Rowan
Lapaska
I.itllc
Long
Lac
Lynx
Madsen
Red
I,ake
..
McKen.ie
Red
Lake
consumers
woidd
rebel
at
higher
land
said
their
legislation
will
benefit
125,000,000
persons
85
percent
of
the
population.
Continued
on
Page
3
C.P.R.
EXPECTS
BIG
INCOME
OTTAWA
P
Income
of
the
Canadian
Pacific
Railway
Co.
is
expected
to
jump
$36,000,000
this
year
over
1948
without
any
increase
in
rates,
the
company
today
told
the
Board
of
Transport'
Commissioners.
A
C.P.R.
estimate
of
1949
revenue
from
rail
operations
under
present
rates
figures
placed
it
at
$391,532,000,
but
the
company
said
the
figure
is
very
optimistic
and
could
decline
with
a
business
recession.
.
Because
of
the
danger
of
a
slackening
of
business,
a'
company
spokesman
said,
it
Is
unlikely
that
the
company
would
go
over
the
1918
estimate
without
a
new
rate
increase.
He
is
founder
of
the
British
Radiological
Association
and
holds'
to
the
view
that
periodic
medical
examinations
for
tuberculosis
and
cancer
do
more
harm
than
good.
"People
should
go
to
a
doctor
when
symptoms
develop,"
he
declared,
'
but
stay
away
when
they
feel
well
and
fit.
If
people
seek
advice
when
they
feel
sick
and
nut
worry
when
they
feel
well,
prices.
,
West
coast
fish
is
now
being
shipped
as
far
east
as
Montreal.
No
estimate
was
placed
on
the
amount
that
the
increase
would
boost
British
Columbia
fit;h,
but
Ruiid
M.
Anllieson,
manager
of
the
Maritime
Transportation
Coiimdsslou,
estimated
that
It
would
Increase
shipping
costs
for
cast
coast
shippers
by
more
4.75
.24
Anglo
Canadian
A.
P.
Con
VAST
FUTURE
FOR
CANADA
IS
SEEN
NEW
YORK
ff
Finance
Minister
Abbott
said
last
night
that
l
end
Cockshutt.
1.10
Ian
tic
,
ou
mi
48
Moncta
48
G.30
Negus
,
2.33
rives,
money
and
time
will
be,
saved.
Mass
examinations
of
persons
without
symptoms
in
Calmont
C.
&
E.
Central
l.educ
Inffed
dolls,
and
assorted
1
lues
(it
every
conceivable!
'.me
inid
color.
'
otJTs
it
1
1
r
it
m
i
ccpt,
inexpensive
Rifts
like
arc
j-c
turned
with
a
note
iks
to
Hie
donor,
but,
the
Is
of
Berlin's
western
scent
the
western
zones
of
ny
continue
to
send
pres-wy
day
in
increasing
than
$100,000
a
year.
Home
Oil
I
cancer
clinics
arc
of
doubtful
value.
l.::
Noranda
a'Vz
13.00
I.ouvlcourt
44
13
Vi
Pickle
Crow
2.20
1.50
ItCM.eonrt
.07
2.95
San
Antonio
3.95
39
Senator
Rouyn
44
'
Wi
SliciTlt
Gordon
2.43
.21
Mercury
..
"
Ok
alia
Pacific
Pete
Prncesss
Royal
Canadian
LOCAL
TIDES
Sunday,
January
10,
194!)
Board
for
a
It
has
asked
the
20
per
cent
boost.
Canada
"by
discovering
vast
supplies
of
important
raw
ma-i
lerials,
is
on
the
threshold
of
further
tremendous
expansion
of
production
and
economic
power."!
In
a
speech
prepared
for
delivery
at
the
annual
luncheon
of
the
Women's
Canadian
Club
in
New
York,
he
said
that
this
economic
power
would
lead
"to
Dr.
Brailsford's
home
is
In
Birmingham,
Knglaml,
and
he
is
making
a
tour
of
U.S.
medical
centres.
lie
mentioned
that
even
X-ray
experts
make
mistakes.
Careless
diagnosis,
he
said,
either
gives
a
sense
of
false
security
or
creates
worry,
without
reason.
High
South
Bra.eau
20.4
iect
22.9
feet
7.0
feet
1.0
feet
Steep
Kock
1DO
..
11:20
.Slunieon
River
.18
Low
8:20
Toronto
Atliona
n
I
on-r.r.
1i
:.
silver
Miicll'
.61
Aumaquc
xp'es,
her
appreciatoln,
a
;'i
Knl
recently
sent
a
Jiooch
which
had
been
a
heirloom.
An
aecompany-'tc
explained
that
it
was
l,V
valuable
she
possessed
''Please
give
this
to
lb"
air
lirt
pilots.,
They
'it
think
we
are
ungrateful
tt
th'
y
are
doing
for
us.''
r
letters
are
longer.
Rome.
wUivi
In
illegible
English.
TERRACE
BOARD
ELECTS
OFFICERS
TERRACE
Dudley
Little
was
elected
president
of
the
Terrace
Board
of
Trade
at
the
annual
meeting
held
Friday
night.
C.J.
Norrington
was
elected
vice-president,
James
Stevenson,
secretary
and
Harry
Phillips,
IS
SECRETARY
TO
MINISTER
strengthening
of
our
trading
position
with
the
United
States."
He
said
that
the
importaut
discoveries
were
''iron
ore
in
northern
Quebec
and
Labrador,
uranium
in
the
northwest,
oil
in
Alberta
and
titlniferous
ore
in
Quebec."
expenditures,
have
made
it
possible
to
expand
present
services,
add
new
ones,
provide
postgraduate
instruction
for
members
of
the
staff,
and
conduct
field
and
laboratory
research.
,Short-term
and
long-term
projects
are
being
embarked
upon
which
should
result
in
greatly
improved
health
services
for
the
people
of
British
Columbia.
While
in
Victoria,
Miss
Leslie
conferred
with
Doctor
J.
A.
Taylor,
director
of
local
health
Services;
Miss
M.
Frith,
Director
of
Public
Health
Nursing;
and
Mr.
R.
Bowerlng,
director
of
Division
of
Environment
Sanitation.
Policies
for
the
Prince
Rupert
and
District
Health
Unit
were
dis-
to
an
announce
According
ment
Just
,
made
in
Ottawa,
Arthur
H.Sager,
of
Hazellon,
has
been
appointed
private
sec-i-etiiiv
to
the
Federal
Minister
!'.-V
.'
r
"
(
Jr
.
I
ne
piMfect
examples
of
Mang.
But,
whether
ic
v.-)
ii
ten
in
German
or
In
FINE
POINT
IN
DENTISTRY
I
a-
y
all
say
practically
i'mej
thine
-"ic.h
danke
PHILADELPHIA
The
Penusyl-
j
Newfie's
Money,
vania
Supreme
Court
rules
that
T
Ii?-mnpar
of
Fisheries,
Hon.
Robert
May-hew.
Mr.
Sager,
who
formerly
was
in
charge
of
Public
Relations
ut
the
University
of
British
Columbia,
was
a
Spitfire
1-Hlliank
you."
I
'iri'S
!Mi:it;i;i
j
K
itisli
air
lift
effort
is,
.,
i
j
"jurors
cannot
be
required
to
,
,
,
,
i
r
i..
1
I
A
T
1
L'
A
"ST
Al,i,M
Mut'fllllHl
oecK.e
wnai,
amount
oi
mice
is,
.
'
T
i
cussed
and
an
itinerary
worked
neeessHi'v
to
px
tract
a
tooth",
land's
entry
into
the
Canadian:
.
.
.
.....
of
the
'-iiized
by
United
States
pilot
in
the
Great
War
and
won
ry
Government,
us
was
the
D.F.C.
At
the
time
of
his
out
whereby
outlying
parts
Marie
T.
Blerstehi
charged
Dr.
Confederation
becomes
final
Franklin
Whitman
had
frac-j
Newfoundland's
currency
will
tured
her
iaw
while
extracting
disappear.
The
twenty
-
cent
discharge
he
held
the
rank
ot
Squadron
Leader.
I
nim'i
mhieli
look
ko
niucli
like
two
teeth
and
sought
damages
i
jsl
l;
when
"Opera
ton
s'1
Aid
"Operation
Plain
i
merged
futo
a
unified
F-.",AI''
command
known
as
frined
Air
Lift
Task
;
'
fnled
Slates
MaJ.
Gen-;w
inned
uu
pUge
g,
!
Canadian
quarters
that
they
"The
degree
of
force,"
said
the
ut
iiart
iii
1
often'
oass
unwittingly
will
no
Freeze
to
Death
On
"
Shanghai
Streets
the
technique
of
extracting
j
be
seen
again,
greatly
no
doubt,
to
the
relief
of
eastern
uanacta.
district
might
be
visited
more
regularly.
It
is
hoped
that
during
the
next
year,
every
outlying
school
in
the
area
extending
up
the
Portland
Canal
and
across
to
the
Queen
Charlotte
Islands
and
Inland
as
far
as
Houston,
will
be
visited
at
least
once.
Regular
monthly
or
weekly
visits
are
already
belnj
made
to
all
readily
accessible
areas;
It
Is
hoped
that
now,
a
limited
amount
of
service
can
be
provided
to
even
the
most
isolated
parts.
I
x
.
'
I
teeth.''
'This
is
developed
only
after
study
and
experience.
Negligence
may
not
be
Inter-ferred
by
laymen,
merely
because
the
jaw
was
found
to
be
fractured.
A
jaw
could
be
broken
even
if
there
was
no
sketball
REUTHER
VISITS
CANADA
Walter
Reuther,
president
of
the
united
Automomie
wuiia.
members
t,
a
policy
session
in
Windsor
-onferred
with
the
15
Canadian
U.A.W.-C.II.
region
"0ov
Mr
Reuther.
his
arm
still
in
a
cast
as
a
result
of
an
attack
on
his
life
last
summer,
i
SHANGHAI
-
in
mree
u.o
following
Christmas,
when
a
cold
wave
was
experienced,
no
fewer
than
311
bodies
were
picked
up
on
the
streets
of
Shanghai.
All
had
died
from
exposure.
Of
the
311.
285
were
chlldrenn.
HOCKEY
SCORES
Pacific
Coast
League
Vancouver
2,
Seattle
1.
Oakland
3,
Los
Angeles
1.
)NIGHT
.
.
Tm
0mitv,
f
st
rntharinps
He
ft
i
and
Georae
Burt
of
Windsor,
Canadian
re-
lack
of
care
and
skill."
ls
snown
wiui
joui
-
-
.
ph0(,0)
pWNWOODS
vs.
CO-OP
gionai
aiieciui
vi
me
uuui.